Vice President JD Vance described two incidents he called "supernatural" during a Fox News interview, including a near-car crash and a falling glass, which he interpreted as messages from God. He is promoting his memoir Communion, about his conversion to Catholicism, and has made frequent media appearances that have intensified speculation about a possible 2028 presidential bid. A Washington Post report that President Trump told donors, "At the end of the day, we need to elect JD," added fuel to the conversation; Vance has also defended a joke about Marc Thiessen and echoed criticisms of certain Vatican statements on immigration.
JD Vance Says He Experienced 'Supernatural' Signs, Calls Them Messages From God
The cover of Vance’s new book. / Amazon
Vice President JD Vance has amplified religious themes in recent interviews while promoting his new memoir, Communion, and testing messages that could play into a possible 2028 political push.
Appearing animated on Fox News' Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany, Vance described what he called two "supernatural" incidents from his life. Asked about a near-car accident he recounts in Communion, he said he was "definitely" convinced the episode was supernatural: rounding a wet corner after his grandmother's funeral, his car began to spin and then, he said, "came to a perfectly gentle stop right as I was going to fall over the mountain."
"It felt like a little message from God," Vance said.
He described a second event — a glass falling from a wall while he and a friend were discussing Christianity at a conference — that he likewise interpreted as a divine sign. "An atheist might shrug and say, 'Who cares? A glass fell off the wall,'" Vance said, "but to me it felt like God trying to send me a message."
Vance has been in the spotlight since June, when Communion was published. The book chronicles his conversion to Catholicism in his 30s and has provided a platform for regular media appearances that have fueled speculation about a potential presidential bid in 2028.
JD Vance and Marco Rubio have both been touted as potential Republican contenders for the 2028 presidential nomination. / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images
That speculation was stoked further by a Washington Post report saying President Donald Trump told donors, "At the end of the day, we need to elect JD," though Vance has publicly downplayed questions about running. Prediction markets show Secretary of State Marco Rubio remains a close contender in some forecasts.
Vance has increasingly framed his public persona around his Catholic faith. He called into Hugh Hewitt's Salem News Channel program to defend a fat joke aimed at Fox contributor Marc Thiessen, saying the remark was meant as humor and that people are permitted to "punch back". He also invoked Gospel themes to argue that "Jesus has remarkable humility."
At the same time, Vance has largely aligned with President Trump when the president criticizes the Catholic hierarchy or the Vatican. Vance defended Trump while criticizing some Vatican statements on immigration, and he downplayed a later, since-deleted AI image circulated by the president that depicted the president as Jesus, calling it "a joke."
Why it matters: Vance's combination of personal religious testimony, high-profile media appearances and apparent private encouragement from the president has sharpened his public profile and raised questions about whether his messaging is part of a deliberate effort to test political appeal ahead of 2028.
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